Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Oni Manga Resumes After 4 Months on Hiatus
The manga tells the "missing link" in the Higurashi: When They Cry story, with the tagline: "The final demon awakens. A new Higurashi toward the truth." The manga is set in the Taisho Era in 1923. A certain tragedy in Hinamizawa changes the lives of one girl and her friends forever. The manga also focuses on the life of Oryō, the head of the Sonozaki family — one of Hinamizawa's Three Great Families — and feared as the "Empress Sonozaki."Asahi launched the manga in Futabasha's Monthly Action magazine in February 2022. The manga moved to Futabasha's Web Action website in February 2024 when Monthly Action ended publication. Futabasha published the manga's third compiled book volume in September 2024.Kei Natsumi launched the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Iro Tōtoshi-hen manga on Square Enix's Gangan Online manga website in June 2023, and ended it with the fourth volume on February 12. The manga is described as the "answer arc" for the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei manga.The manga is a sequel to two new manga in the Higurashi franchise titled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei that launched in November 2021. Natsumi's Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Oni Okoshi-hen launched on Gangan Online, while Seigo Tokiya's Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Hoshi Watashi-hen launched in Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine. Oni Okoshi-hen ended in August 2022, while Hoshi Watashi-hen ended in September 2022. The second and final compiled book volumes for both manga shipped in November 2022.07th Expansion launched the first chapter of the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni visual novel software in 2002 at Comiket. The story revolves around murders that coincide with an annual festival in a quiet rural village. Ryukishi07 and 07th Expansion released Higurashi: When They Cry Hou for PC in Japan in 2014 as a "thank you" to series fans (the kanji used for Hō is used in the word Hōnō, "dedication").Source: Web Action
